Most-Read Tri-Boro Stories in December

1. DWI Checkpoint Leads to 7 Kinnelon Arrests

Kinnelon police participated in an annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign with several other local departments.

2. Kinnelon Football Wins First State Championship

For the first time in the program's history, the Colts made it to and through the state championship level.

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Police said the man had gotten in a car crash earlier, but did not know how or where.

4. 'Chickens Were Engulfed in Flames' in Grocery Store Fire

No injuries were reported, except for to the birds.

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Testimony continued before the Kinnelon Zoning Board of Adjustment on an application for retail shops and office space at the former Marco's Market.

6. Fire Torches Kinnelon Home's Bedroom

Police believe the fire may have started in a fireplace on the second floor.

7. Kinnelon High Evacuated After Fire Alarm Was Pulled

Just days after the shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, students were forced to evacuate the building after police said a student pulled the alarm.

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Patrons believed the gun was real because the tip had been painted black, police said.

9. New Butler Cop Cars Come in Black

The Butler Police Department is in the process of updating the fleet with the purchase of two new SUVs that are all black.

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Santa Claus hopped off a helicopter at the Walter T. Bergen School for the borough's annual holiday event.